Pinnacle Air - Arkansas

[FR8FO]

Anybody know anything about these guys? Sounds like a pretty good gig.

 

[User546]

I just read about them on another thread this morning. And no one had ANYTHING good to say about them.

 

[h25b]

Run away... Just run away... Do a search on them on this forum and I doubt much positive information come up.

 

[pa56pa]

Runaway? wow! I know of a couple of guys , one has moved on, but the other still works there... they both came from Pacific Jet @ VNY... it's not as bad as PJ from what I heard... but, I'm sure there are better charter companies to work for elsewhere.

 

[h25b]

Just moved from that area and never heard many great things out of that operation... Like I said, run a search on this board and you'll see...

 

[User546]

... they both came from Pacific Jet @ VNY... it's not as bad as PJ from what I heard...

Well just because Pacific Jet may be worse, doesn't mean this place shouldn't be avoided at all costs!

I agree, Mr Searchy is your friend on this topic.

 

[pushntin]

The other guy at P.A. that left Pacific is locked in under a contract while the other left before he got fired by the D.O. Go figure.

 

[futr787cpt]

Pinnacle Air is looking for pilots due to our growth. We have just added a Lr-31, CE-650 to our fleet and an 800XP is on the way. This is the reason that we have been advertising. We are also looking for some quality individuals to work here and unfortunately I have not found the type of pilots that I am looking for and this is the reason why we continue to advertise. The pay is good for the area, 35-37K for of FOs and 60-66K for our Cpts. The schedule on the Lr-60s is decent with 1/2 the month on the road and 1/2 off. The Lr-31 crews have been working a little harder due to the new plane but by the end of May we will have 2 Cps and 1 FO for each plane and they will be able to work out their own schedule amongst the three. Some of the postings say something about an asst. chief pilot that we don't have. I am the Chief Pilot and I have never offered to send paperwork to anywone that I did not hire. Our aircraft and the maintenance on our planes are impeccable. We do everything with regards to safety first and there has never been a time since I have been in my position that I have told a pilot to do something that they did not want to do or ask them to fly an aircraft with a squawk that could not be deferred. Yes we have been going through some growing pains but our aircraft, facilities, and people that we have now our second-to-none.

 

[User546]

We are also looking for some quality individuals to work here and unfortunately I have not found the type of pilots that I am looking for and this is the reason why we continue to advertise.

What specifically are you looking for in a "quality individual"? Also, what are the competetive hiring mins at your company?

 

[futr787cpt]

I'm looking for someone that has a strong IFR background and someone who hasn't paid for all their time. Our hiring mins are 1500 with Learjet experience and 2000 hrs without, but at the time we are almost always able to find pilots with lear experience.